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DAVID T. HELPRIN, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

FOLDING COT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,422, dated December1, 1896. Application filed May 2, 1896. Serial No. 590,009. (No model.)

To LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID T. HELPRIN, of New York city, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Folding Cot, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in cots, and especially to thatclass of cots that are adapted to fold.

The object of the invention is to construct a cot which may be folded tooccupy an exceedingly small space in storage and which when stretchedout or brought in position for use will be as rigid as a cot constructedin the ordinary manner, the said cot folding not only in direction ofits sides, but also in direction of its ends.

. The invention consist-s in the novel construction and combination ofthe several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointedout in the claims. I

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, formin ga part ofthis specification,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved cot in posit-ion for use, aportion of one end being in section. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the cotstretched out or in position for use, and Fig. 3 is an end view of thecot when in the same position. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one endofthe said cot folded out or in position for use and` illustrating indotted lines the manner Yin which.the several parts are disconnected topermit of folding. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the cot in a foldedposition; and Fig. 6 is a partial view of one of the side portions ofthe cot, being taken at that point where the members of the cotframe atits sides are connected.

In carrying out the invention the side portions of the frame of the cotare made preferably each side in two sections, and each section consistsof a bar 10, ordinarily round in crosssection throughout the majorportionV of its length, but the cross-sectional shape of the side barsmay be changed if in practice it is found desirable. Thefsections ofeach side portion of the frame are connected by a hinge 11, and the saidhinge may be formed as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 4, and 5, in which the hingeis substantiallyarule-hin ge, the knuckle portions of the hinges beingat the bottom of the Preferably the abutting end portions of the sidesections of the cot-frame are squared or rendered polygonal incross-section, or are otherwise enlarged, so as t0 afford strength atthese points. The outer ends of the side sections of the cot -frame arepreferably squared also, as shown at 13 in the drawings, and eachsquared outer extremity of the side sections of the cot-frame is adaptedto receive a socket, and these sockets are usually' constructed as shownin the drawings, comprising cheek-pieces 14, which are screwed orotherwise fastened to the inner and outer faces of the outer squaredportions of the side sections of the frame, and two uprights l5 areformed integral with each cheek, providing a space 16 between theuprights, and the spaces between the inner and the outer uprights ofeach socket are in transverse alinement, while there is a free spacebetween the opposing uprights 15 of each socket, and, furthermore, thecheek-pieces extend such a distance beyond the outer terminals of theside sections of the frame as to bring the said terminalssubstantiallywithin a line drawn substantially inside of t-he inneruprights 15 of the sockets, and in a measure in Fig. 2.

A leg 17 is provided for each end socket ony the frame, and each leg hasahead 1S formed at the top, ordinarily of rectangular construction, andthe aforesaidV heads of the said legs are placed between the inneruprights 15` of the sockets and are pivot-ally attached to the saiduprights through the medium of a pivotbolt 18a or the equivalent of thesame.

A webbing A or a fabric of any description or an equivalent of a fabricis employed as a lbed for the cot and is attached to the side sectionsbetween their squared outer ends in any suitable manner, ordinarily bystitching, and where the hinges occur in the side sections the bed A iscut away, as shown ata, particularly in Figs. 2 and 4, and, furthermore,the said bed is cut away where it passes at the inside of the sockets,as shown at a in the same figures, and at diagonally opposite as shownin Fig. 1A

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sides of the end portions of the bed slotsct2 are formed, which connectwith the vend cutaway portions ct', as shown in Fig. 2.'

, The ends of the bed are secured in any suitable or approved mannerupon cross-bars 19, which are usually square in cross-section, orpractically so, at their ends, and each end of each cross-bar 19 isprovided with a head 2O of suoli dimensions that the said heads mayenter the spaces between the inner and outer upright members of thesockets, and the head 2O of each cross-bar is further provided with atongue 21, andA when the heads are placed in the transverse openings 16between the uprights 15 of the sockets the tongues 21 of the said headswill pass downward between the cheeks of the sockets or through thevertical openings between the said cheeks, so that when the bed isstretched out and the legs 17 are carried downward to the verticalposition shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4, and the heads of the cross-bars areplaced in the sockets at the outer terminals of the side bars of thesections, the tongues 21 on the head portions of the side bars willengage with the outer vertical faces of the said legs, as isparticularly shown at the right-hand side of Fig. 1, and will hold thesaid legs in their lower vertical position, thereby sustaining the bedas rigidly as if the cotwere not a folding one.

When the cot is to be folded up, being no longer required for use, thecross-bars are disconnected from the side bars, as shown in dotted linesin Fig. 4. rllhe side bars or sections are then brought quite closetogether, and the cross-bars are turned longitudinally of or parallelwith the side pieces, one above and the other below, or one at the outerside of diagonally opposite side sections, the legs having beenpreviously folded upward and carried over the top portions of the sidesections of the frame. The side sections are then folded one upon theother, and the cot will present practically the appearance shown in Fig.5, in which it will be observed that it will be lessened about one-halfin length and more than one-half in width. The cuts or slots (t2 in thebed will admit of the cross-bars being carried longitudinally of theaforesaid bed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. 'A cot, the frame of which consists of side barshaving ahinge connection and provided with sockets at their outerextremities, legs pivotally attached to the said socket portions of theframe, and cross-bars provided with heads arranged to enter the socketsand engage with the legs, and a bed-section attached to the cross-barsand the sections of the side bars o f the frame, as and for the purposespecified.

2. A cot, the frame of which consists of side bars constructed in hinge-connected sections, the hinges being at the bottom of the sections,

each section of each side bar having a socket formed at its outer end,bifurcated at the top and having an opening extending vertically fromtop to bottom through the body and the bars constructed in hinge-connected sections,l

the hinges being at the bottom of the sections, each section of eachside bar having a socket formed at its outer end, bifurcated at the topand having an opening extending vertically from top to bottom throughthe body and the bifurcated portions of the said sockets, legs pivotallyattached to the said sockets, arranged to occupy a downwardly-extendingvertical position, or a position over the side bars, and cross-barsterminating in heads ar ranged to enter the bifurcated portions of thesaid sockets, each head having a tongue to extend within the verticalopenings of the sockets, and a bed-section attached to the side sectionsof the frame and the cross-bars of the same, the said bed being cut awayopposite the sockets, and a hinge connection between the sections of theframe, as and for the purpose specied.

4.' A cot, the frame of which consists of side bars constructed inhinge-connected sections,

'the hinges being at the bottom of the sections, each section of eachside bar having a socket formed at its outer end, bifurcated at the topand having an opening extending vertically from top to bottom throughthe body and the bifurcated portions of the said sockets, legs pivotallyattached to the said sockets, arranged to occupy a downwardly-extendingvertical position, or a position over the side bars, and cross-barsterminating in heads arranged to enter the bifurcated portions of thesaid sockets, each head having a tongue to extend withinthe verticalopenings' of the sockets, and a bed-section attached to the sidesections of the frame and the cross-bars of the same, the said bed beingcut away opposite the sockets, and a hinge connection between thesections of the frame, the said bed being furthermore provided withlongitudinal cuts at diagonally opposite sides near its ends, -wherebythe cross-bars may be taken to a position parallel with the sections ofthe side bars of the frame, as and for the purpose specified.

DAVID T. HELPRIN.

Witnesses J No. W. RITTER, F. M. HANAFORD.

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